Autodesk ships Maya 2020.4 and Maya LT 2020.4

Check out the new features in the 3D animation software, including a big update to its Bifrost toolset.

Tuesday, December 8th, 2020

Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2021.3

Update to the 3D software adds new retopology tools and support for bloom effects in the viewport.

Thursday, December 3rd, 2020

Black Friday and winter 2020 deals for CG artists

Updated: Check out our list of great seasonal deals on CG software, plugins, stock assets and hardware.

Monday, November 30th, 2020

Quixel ships Bridge 2020.4

Check out the latest workflow improvements in Quixel's free tool for exporting Megascans assets to DCC apps and game engines.

Wednesday, November 25th, 2020

Maxon releases Redshift for Blender and Metal in beta

Download the long-awaited Blender plugin and Metal edition of the GPU renderer for current Macs.

Tuesday, November 17th, 2020

Eye candy: Chaos Group's 2020 V-Ray showreel

See the best VFX and animation work created with V-Ray, plus tech breakdowns of the key projects.

Monday, November 2nd, 2020

Check out fast 3ds Max cloth simulation plugin Dynamo

Deform Dynamics' real-time cloth simulation tool performs '10-100x faster' than Max's Cloth modifier.

Friday, October 9th, 2020

Autodesk ships Maya 2020.3 and Maya LT 2020.3

Latest updates improve character rigging and animation workflows with keyframe and mocap data.

Thursday, October 8th, 2020

KM-3D ships Smooth Boolean 2.0 for 3ds Max

Boolean modelling plugin's neat new Smooth Bridge modifier joins open edge loops of meshes, even if edge counts differ.

Wednesday, September 30th, 2020

2020 CGarchitect rendering survey shows trends in arch viz

V-Ray and Corona top list of most popular architectural renderers, but use of Twinmotion, Enscape and UE4 also rising.

Thursday, September 24th, 2020

Chaos Group ships Phoenix FD 4.30 for 3ds Max and Maya

New force tuning option in the fluid simulation app lets users 'mask' forces to control sims precisely.

Thursday, September 24th, 2020

3ds Max Indie and Maya Indie now available in 46 countries

Updated: 15 more countries join the list of those eligible for $280/year subscriptions to Maya and 3ds Max.

Friday, September 4th, 2020

Chaos Czech releases Corona Renderer 6 for 3ds Max

3ds Max renderer gets new sky model, better Phoenix FD support, adaptive environment sampling.

Tuesday, September 1st, 2020